Summary
Organization name
empowerHER
other names
eH
2014
Tax id (EIN)
46-3196791
Category
Youth Development
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
759 Chief Justice Cushing Highway #317Cohasset, MA 2025
MA, US
We believe every young person who experiences the loss of a parent should be provided a supportive community, positive role models and peer support (3 essential protective grief- care factors). Year-round events and 1:1 mentorship is life- changing for the girls enrolled at empowerHER. You are not alone.
Testimonials
"It changed my outlook on everything," Lena Welch from Boston, age 14 when she enrolled (19 years old today, told TODAY.com. "In high school, if you lose your mom, that becomes what defines you - you become the girl whose mom passed away. But I've learned that's not what defines
you, it's your strength and how you handle adversity."
empowerHER® Enrolled Girl
"When a young girl loses her mother, the loss doesn't end there. Beyond initial grief, it becomes an ongoing challenge for a young girl to navigate adolescence and to know how to grow into a woman without a mother's guidance. As mentors in the empowerHER program, we are given the unique opportunity to serve as a reminder to young girls that they are not alone in their grief."
empowerHER® MENTOR
"Having someone outside of our family that she can talk to about her mom and having somebody older who's faced hard moments without her mom and survived, is one of the greatest benefits of empowerHER's Mentor Program."
empowerHER® Guardian
Mission
empowerHER® is a nonprofit organization with a very specific MISSION - to empower, support, and connect girls and young women up to age 25 who have experienced the loss of their mothers.
empowerHER® provides an integrated series of programming featuring year-round EVENTS for GIRLS, such as our signature
Events are volunteer- driven, community-based, and non- therapeutic and remind girls they are not alone in their grief. In addition, empowerHER® offers a MENTOR PROGRAM with positive, strong female role models for year-round support. All programs and activities are provided at no charge to the family and are available both in-person and virtually.
Background Statement
empowerHER® was formed by Boston native Cara Belvin after a recognized need in the community. Cara formed empowerHER around her dining room table as a grassroots organization and word quickly spread across the country about her work. Thousands of inquiries came in from women who wished for an organization like empowerHER when they were growing up. Today, empowerHER® works with these Ambassadors to form new Chapters in communities all around the world in an effort to build community for girls everywhere.
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Organization Data
Cohasset, MA 2025